"In addition to its colorful flower, the Poppy has culinary and medicinal uses."

Poppies should be sown in spring or autumn, but you'll have to wait till the next summer for them to bloom. Poppies can grow to be over a metre tall with flowers up to 15 centimetres across. One germinated poppies take about two weeks to sprout.

There are 70 types of poppies which can be put into 3 categories: common poppy, corn poppy, and feild poppy. Its flowers range in color from white to purple and any shade of red or pink in between.